Sentences with phrase «schools on the accountability»

«My sense is that this could be linked to the current emphasis in our public schools on accountability and results,» she says.

To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, every fall, CCSA publishes Academic Accountability Report Cards that show the results of every charter school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal.

To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, CCSA publishes Academic Accountability Report Cards every fall that show the results of each charter school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Academic Accountability Criteria.

Not exact matches

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

For those who don't have the time to read up on this very noble endeavor, which so far as I can tell is similar in many ways to Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, or SF's New Day for Learning schools, this from your website encapsulates it: «LA's Promise works with schools to manage resources efficiently, equitably, and with a mindset of accountability.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The Statewide School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school school level.

Additional Accountability Requirements: Statute Title 70, Section 24 - 100b (2005) requires each school district to report to the state Department of Education on the district's wellness policy, goals, guidelines, and progress in implementing the policy and attaining the goals.

I just received an email from the Houston ISD School Health Advisory Council on which I sit, alerting me to the fact that the Texas state legislature is presently considering a wide - ranging school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue reSchool Health Advisory Council on which I sit, alerting me to the fact that the Texas state legislature is presently considering a wide - ranging school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue reschool accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue reading]

The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively on systemic school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus on accountability.

Most criticism of the federal lunch program in recent years has centered on health and nutrition, but documented abuses in school districts in North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere have prompted questions about accountability.

Don't forget to sign up for the School Nutrition Foundation webinar on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, «Successful Accountability Practices for Breakfast - in - the - Classroom»!

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

Today, on behalf of Corporate Accountability International and in collaboration with the Campaign for a Commercial - Free Childhood, I submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding its proposal to require schools to only allow marketing for those foods allowed under the agency's «Smart Snacks» nutrition guidelines.

A joint project of Corporate Accountability International and Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg and Monica Gagnon of The City University of New York, the guide focuses on four local policy approaches: school policy, «healthy» zoning, curbing kid - focused marketing, and redirecting subsidies to healthier businesses.

The second results area (Pillar 2) focuses on improving the quality of education in 125 selected low - performing SHS through: (i) strengthened school management and accountability; (ii) improved mathematics and science teaching and learning; (iii) expanded information, communication technology and internet connectivity in schools; and (iv) the implementation of school performance partnership plans.

The role and selection of school governors is now on the agenda as accountability issues come into sharper focus because of increasing school autonomy.

«I will continue to work to extend mayoral control because I believe very strongly in the accountability it provides, but I also believe that the 50,000 boys and girls in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx who are now on waiting lists for a seat inside a charter school deserve the best possible education we can provide,» Flanagan said in the statement.

In February, approximately half of the schools were taken off the struggling and persistently struggling lists after federal accountability statuses from the 2014 - 15 school year showed those schools had made progress and would not otherwise have been put on the receivership list (a few schools also closed).

The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks against teachers and public schools.»

Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean G. Skelos said, «This agreement is a reasonable compromise that builds on the legislation we passed to enhance accountability in schools and give our students the first - class education they deserve.

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

These directors would focus on bringing greater coherence to the process of school creation, raising standards and improving local accountability.

Teachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountability system.

Focusing on a notion of accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local school systems.

The prosecutor, Preet Bharara, speaking at the New York Law School on Friday, castigated how deal - making has long been done in Albany — by «three men in a room» (the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader), who work in secret and without accountability to decide most vital issues.

Cuomo is expected to call for greater teacher accountability this month in his combined State of the State and budget address on Jan. 21, including an overhaul of how teachers and schools are rated.

Now, those leaders are beginning to craft their legislative priorities, which will include eliminating the state's cap on charter schools, increasing funding for established charters, and establishing more accountability measures for district schools and teachers.

Education - focused rallies at the Capitol on Tuesday called for greater accountability and funding for schools and teachers in the new year.

With his signature yesterday, President Barack Obama set the nation's public schools on a sweeping new course of accountability that will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing schools are pushed to improve.

«The NASUWT therefore continues to call on the DfE to work with teachers to reform the primary school accountability framework to tackle its adverse implications for pupils and staff in schools.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

He further announced that he wanted increased accountability in education, with school funding based on performance.

Alhough students» scores on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.

Stranger still was Cuomo's criticism of this page for having dared to, well, criticize him for lining up with Silver & Co. on public - school accountability.

Cuomo's campaign spokesperson, Abbey Fashouer, counters that he «has made education equity a central focus of his tenure, investing a record $ 27 billion with a focus on our neediest schools, while demanding accountability measures so that the door to opportunity is open for every child — regardless of income, zip code or ethnicity.

«It's an accountability tool but it's also a school improvement tool,» chancellor Carmen Fariña, who selected members of the group, said in an interview on Tuesday.

Yes, I am willing to talk tactics of how we do this (I would start with restoring LA oversight and local democratic accountability over all state funded schools), but until we get to grips with the disaster of academisation we don't deserve to be taken seriously on anything else.

«The NASUWT remains clear that a fit for purpose accountability system should consider the performance of schools in the round and not solely on the basis of narrowly focused test and examination results.»

Commenting on the release of the Association of School and College Leaders» (ASCL's) paper on intelligent accountability, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more on strengthening accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing schools.

Bloomberg has just three years left on his mayoral term, and the focus is expected to stay on items such as boosting charter schools and working toward accountability measures.

More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatives.

You need some kind of accountability to make sure those schools... are still delivering on the standards agenda.»

Collaboration with parents is vital to improving struggling schools, promoting educational equity, addressing the over emphasis on high - stakes testing, and increasing charter school accountability.»

«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback on school quality indicators, teacher preparation, school improvement, and accountability system design.»

Joining de Blasio on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local schools and created a rare kind of electoral accountability for educational performance.

Austin, Texas About Blog This blog on Texas education contains posts on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration, school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level.

In 2013, Deming was named a William T. Grant Scholar for his project, The Long - Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college preparSchool Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement collegAccountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college preparschool accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement collegaccountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement collegaccountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement collegaccountability in high school can complement college preparschool can complement college preparation.

In Indiana and Michigan, for example, there are virtually no restrictions on home schoolers and very little accountability to government.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.